LARGO — If city commissioners should ever decide to name a building in the community after Henry Schubert, the question may be, which one?

An Ohio investment firm has purchased a 260-unit apartment complex in Largo for $76.7 million.

LARGO — Lads and lasses both young and olde came from far and wide to DK Farms in Largo to experience the city’s first Renaissance festival in 20 years.

LARGO — After more than 42 years of service to the community, Henry Schubert, Largo’s city manager, has announced his retirement as of June 30. Schubert started with the city in 1980 in the Planning Department and has served in multiple roles, including Acting Fire Chief, City Clerk, and in …

LARGO — For the second time in six years, the city is purchasing new permitting software that staff says will make developers, architects, contractors, engineers and homeowners happy. 

LARGO — The city of Largo has announced that Police Chief Jeff Undestad will retire June 2.

Once upon a time, Largo was home to one of the most popular renaissance festivals in all the land, annually drawing thousands of costumed guests seeking fun, frivolity, and, of course, turkey legs.

LARGO — The Greater Ridgecrest Community held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and fish fry Jan. 16, an event that featured a procession through the area neighborhoods followed by an inspirational program and service inside the Greater Ridgecrest YMCA at 1801 119th St. North.

When April Goodwin first advertised services for pet law on her firm’s website, business came in “slowly but surely,” she said.

LARGO — City Commissioner Jamie Robinson had the Largo Youth Leadership Council convene at the new Shourai teen section of Largo Central Park for its monthly meeting in November, because he knew it was an opportunity for group members to experience the most tangible product of its six-year history.

Commission fetes police promotions 

LARGO ― In August, two sisters stopped by lot 669 of Largo’s Ranchero Village mobile home park hoping to find a toaster oven or maybe a lamp among the items stacked curbside to be taken for free.

Ribbon cutting celebrates Ridgecrest landscaping

The latest edition of Largo’s Old Fashioned Christmas Parade didn’t disappoint, as hundreds of spectators lined the streets of the downtown district.

Commission lauds Citizens' Academy class

LARGO — Appointments to the city’s many advisory boards rarely, if ever, warrant discussion among city commissioners at public meetings. 

LARGO — After about three years of searching for a home for its wastewater discharges, the city is forging ahead with a roughly $20 million project to construct two deep injection wells.

LARGO — For the past 30 years, the Shop with a Cop gift-giving event has brought smiles to the faces of children, their parents and the Largo police officers and firefighters.

Gertrude Warnick died 69 years ago, hailed, then questioned, then forgotten. Since 1953, her body has rested in an unmarked grave under patchy dirt and creeping weeds at Clearwater Municipal Cemetery.

St. Patrick Players to perform

LARGO — City leaders say affordable housing and sustainability are a priority. Recent actions with different approaches have been used to progress both.

LARGO — For several years, plans have been in the works to reconstruct some of Largo’s oldest fire stations. The first on that list is Station 39 in the Ridgecrest area of unincorporated Largo.

A Largo woman hit the jackpot recently, according to the Florida Lottery.

TAMPA — Largo put a scare into the Jesuit fans to start the second half on Friday night.

HCA Largo Hospital gets ‘A’ safety grade

LARGO — In May, the City Commission approved the $600,000 purchase of the former Pinecrest Golf Course property just north of Taylor Lake Park.

LARGO — After the Packers forced two turnovers in the first five minutes of Largo’s Class 3M regional semifinal against the East Bay Indians, Coach Marcus Paschal jumped up and down yelling, “We play defense on this side of the bridge, too!”

 A Largo man is $1 million richer after scoring a winning lottery ticket.

LARGO — Before the start of the 2022 football season, Largo High head coach Marcus Paschal said his team would rely on a strong defense and an opportunistic offense to earn tough victories. During the Packers’ Class 3M region quarterfinal game against Northeast, that prediction proved to be …

Largo commission recognizes team members

LARGO — When Marcus Paschal took over as the head coach of the Largo Packers varsity football program in February 2014, he knew he had a high standard to uphold set by his predecessor, longtime Packers head coach Rich Rodriguez.

LARGO — City commissioners bid farewell to a pair of colleagues Nov. 1.

There’s always two sides to every story, every argument and every coin, and the critical referendum item Largo voters will see on the Election Day ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8, is no different.

LARGO — A new hotel may soon be finding a home in Largo.

LARGO — Former Largo Mayor Pat Gerard recently was asked where downtown Largo is.

LARGO — Two candidates are running for seat 2 and two for seat 5 on the Largo City Commission.

LARGO — Two candidates are running for Seat 2 and two for Seat 5 on the Largo City Commission.

Fine day at Fun Fair